Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 97

AUDEMARS ROYAL OAK CHRONO JAY-Z 10TH ANNIVERSARY, LIMITED EDITION Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Offshore - Jay-Z 10th Anniversary," case No. F 47575. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples to honor Jay-Z's 10th year in the music industry in 2005. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and diamond wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original dedicated wooden presentation box.

Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws secured by 8 screws on the case back, specially engraved case back with "Jay-Z"-signature, winding crown with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. Black with steel stylized Arabic numerals and diamond-set "10", outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale to 500 UPH, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. Cal. 2226 / 2840,, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment.